Siskiyou County deputies arrest attempted murder suspect

A 32-year-old Oklahoma man was arrested early Friday on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly attacked a man with a knife in the Big Springs area of Siskiyou County, sheriff's deputies said.

Johnny Chasengnoum of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested and booked into Siskiyou County Jail after he was found in the Mt. Shasta Vista subdivision near Weed, deputies said.

According to a sheriff's news release, deputies were called around 1:50 a.m.,to the Mayten Store in the Big Springs area after receiving reports of a disturbance involving a knife.

Emergency personnel who also responded to the emergency call arrived and found a man seriously injured with a laceration across his throat, deputies said.

About an hour later, deputies said, Chasengnoum, who matched the description of the man implicated in the alleged attack, was arrested. A knife that may have been used in the incident was also found and booked into evidence.

The injured man, who suffered life-threatening injuries and was not identified, was taken to Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka, but deputies said it was likely he would to be transferred to a Sacramento hospital.

Those with any information about the alleged attack are asked to call the sheriff's office at 841-2900.